G5490: χάσμα
chásma · “chasm”
Definition
a "chasm" or vacancy (impassable interval)
KJV translates it as: gulf
Word origin: from a form of an obsolete primary (to "gape" or "yawn");
Extended definition
χάσμα, -τος, τό
(χάσκω, to yawn), [in LXX: 2Ki.18:17 (פַּחַת)* ;]
a chasm, wide space: Luk.16:26.†
(AS)
(χάσκω, to yawn), [in LXX: 2Ki.18:17 (פַּחַת)* ;]
a chasm, wide space: Luk.16:26.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G5490 is translated
- a chasm ×1
Bible verses with G5490 (chásma)
Chásma appears in 1 verse.
- Luke 16:26
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.